Reliance Jio Emergency Data Loan Offers 1GB Data for Rs.11; Here’s How to Claim

Jul. 3, 2021



Reliance Jio usually releases new plans to meet the needs of its customers, say theWork from home planorCricket plan, for instance. To help customers stay connected to the internet, the telecom giant has now introduced anew emergency data loan offer that you can claim when you don’t have enough data in your active plan. Here’s all you need to know about Jio’s new emergency loan offer.

With Jio emergency data loan offer, prepaid customers canrecharge now and pay later. Each data loan packcosts Rs.11 and gives you 1GB of data. You canavail up to five data loan packs, which is effectively 5GB of data and costs Rs.55. The data you claim is linked to the validity of your primary plan. It’s worth mentioning thatyou can’t use this data loan if you don’t have an active plan.

Jio’s emergency data loan is available to claim in the MyJio app. If you don’t have the app already, you can download it from Play Store (download) or App Store (download). At this moment, this option is not available for JioPhone users.

1.Open MyJio app and tap on the hamburger (horizontal three dots) menuat the top left corner of the app andpress ‘Emergency Data Loan’from the list of options available in the sidebar.

  1. When the emergency data loan page appears, press ‘Proceed’ and pick the Rs.11 plan.Tap on ‘Get emergency data’ and press ‘Activate now’to claim the loan. You can’t claim the loan if you haven’t exhausted your daily quota, as you can see in the image below.

You can always come back to this page and claim additional loans if needed. After claiming five data loan vouchers, you’ll have to pay for the claimed loans using yourfavorite UPI appor your preferred payment method to avail new loans. If you’d like to recharge your Jio number instead, you can now do it within WhatsApp usingJioCare WhatsApp chatbot.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.